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Hochul enrages greens with shift to ‘all of the above’ energy policy

Fri, 11/14/2025 - 6:34am
Democrats are focusing on affordability over climate goals as midterm elections loom.

Brazil tries to sell skeptics on ‘low-carbon beef’ campaign at COP30

Fri, 11/14/2025 - 6:33am
The beef industry faces intense international scrutiny for its hefty carbon footprint and role in deforestation.

Australia’s opposition party ditches net zero as PM woos UN on climate

Fri, 11/14/2025 - 6:33am
Center-right legislators also agreed to scrap a binding target to cut emissions by 43 percent of 2005 levels by 2030 if they return to power.

EU Parliament votes to cut ESG rules after US pressure

Fri, 11/14/2025 - 6:32am
More than 90 percent of companies originally under environmental, social and governance reporting rules will no longer need to comply.

1.5 degrees ‘no longer plausible’ as global emissions hit record

Thu, 11/13/2025 - 7:07am
The most aggressive goal of the Paris Agreement is out of reach, according to a new analysis by the Global Carbon Project.

RGGI exit ends Pennsylvania’s only major climate policy

Thu, 11/13/2025 - 7:04am
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) signed the deal Wednesday to leave the regional cap-and-trade system, ending a four-month budget impasse with Republicans.

IEA backpedals on 2030 peak oil

Thu, 11/13/2025 - 7:01am
The International Energy Agency pointed to President Donald Trump’s fossil fuel policies as one reason for an extended run for oil, gas and coal.

NASA uses shutdown to make major moves at key center

Thu, 11/13/2025 - 7:01am
The administration has drawn criticism for shuffling personnel and equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center, which does much of the agency's earth science work.

Insurers seek to unlock the mystery of highly damaging storms

Thu, 11/13/2025 - 6:58am
Severe thunderstorms cause more damage than any other weather event. Insurance industry-funded research aims to understand why.

Supreme Court sets date in battle over Louisiana’s disappearing coast

Thu, 11/13/2025 - 6:57am
Chevron and other oil majors are fighting against legal claims that they should pay up for their role in damaging the Bayou State's coastline.

Newsom is a rock star at COP — with 1 glaring weakness

Thu, 11/13/2025 - 6:56am
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is returning to a time-tested technique to exercise soft power at U.N. climate talks.

The scientists who popularized carbon capture have a warning about it

Thu, 11/13/2025 - 6:55am
Ahead of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, this week, most countries that filed emissions plans with net-zero goals are relying on carbon removals to reach their target, according to an analysis.

Excess rain cost Mumbai $1.2B, caused 2,700 deaths each year — study

Thu, 11/13/2025 - 6:54am
Using high-resolution data on rainfall, sea tides and death records, researchers estimated the mortality costs of rain in Mumbai — representing the total economic value attributed to each life lost — at $12 billion for the entire decade they examined.

Tencent mulls carbon-credit alliance to boost supply

Thu, 11/13/2025 - 6:53am
“We believe it would send a signal to the market and encourage more potential suppliers, especially in the Global South countries," said a company executive.

ECB risks longer inflation undershoot as EU delays carbon rules

Thu, 11/13/2025 - 6:53am
To help soften the impact of the bloc’s green transition, governments and lawmakers want to postpone rollout of Emissions Trading System 2.

Meet the Republicans who killed solar subsidies — after using them

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 6:39am
POLITICO’s E&E News examined satellite imagery of more than 100 homes owned by Republican lawmakers to see if they have solar panels. Seven had rooftop arrays.

Lots of studies show warming affected Hurricane Melissa. Is that confusing?

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 6:38am
Scientists say "many lines of evidence" convey the dangers of extreme weather. But too much information risks muddling the public's perception about the effects of climate change, some researchers say.

Protesters and UN security clash at climate summit in Brazil

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 6:37am
The demonstrators waved yellow flags protesting oil drilling in the Amazon.

‘We’re at peak influence’: Gavin Newsom struts at UN climate summit

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 6:36am
If the world wants an American climate leader, the California governor is happy to play the part, even if his country isn’t quite ready to follow.

Camp Mystic asked FEMA to change flood maps years before tragedy

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 6:36am
The owners of the central Texas girls camp are being accused in two lawsuits of trying to save money on insurance.

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